2021 Stanford Cardinal men's soccer team

The 2021 Stanford Cardinal men's soccer team represented Stanford University during the 2021 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. They were led by tenth year head coach Jeremy Gunn.

2021 Stanford Cardinal men's soccer
ConferencePac-12 Conference
Record6–6–6 (2–4–4 Pac-12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Oige Kennedy (6th season)
  • Ben Moane (3rd season)
Home stadiumLaird Q. Cagan Stadium
Seasons
← 2020
2022 →
2021 Pac-12 Conference men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Oregon State 7 1 2 14 2 4
No. 2 Washington + 6 1 2 18 2 2
No. 25 UCLA + 5 4 1 11 7 1
Stanford 2 4 4 6 6 6
San Diego State 2 7 0 8 7 2
California 1 6 1 3 9 3
As of December 14, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: Pac-12

Previous season

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The Cardinal played their 2020 season in early 2021 due to Covid-19. They finished conference play at 7–2–1, 1st place in the Pac-12 season and 10–3–1 overall. The Cardinal would win their second round match-up in the 2020 NCAA Tournament against Omaha in overtime, but would lose in the third round to North Carolina 0–1.

Preseason Media polls

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Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Stanford 24 (4)
2 Washington 22 (2)
3 Oregon State 17
4 UCLA 11
5 California 10
6 San Diego State 6

Source:[1]

Roster

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Source:[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF   USA Andrew Aprahamian
3 DF   USA Keegan Tingey
4 MF   USA Conner Maurer
5 DF   USA Keegan Hughes
6 MF   USA Mark Fisher
7 MF   USA Will Richmond
8 MF   USA Cam Cilley
9 FW   USA Gabe Segal
10 FW   ENG Carlo Agostinelli
11 FW   BFA Ousseni Bouda
12 DF   USA Ryan Ludwick
13 MF   USA Shane de Flores
14 FW   USA Zach Ryan
16 MF   USA Layton Purchase
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF   USA Connor Evans
18 MF   USA Aiden Weaver
19 FW   USA Jackson Kiil
20 MF   USA Will Reilly
21 DF   USA Ryan Dunn
22 DF   USA Rico Rei McMillan
23 MF   GHA Kwabena Kwakwa
24 DF   USA Nolan Evans
25 DF   USA Noah Adnan
26 MF   USA Philip Bogdanov
30 GK   USA Eliot Jones
31 GK   USA Kyle Orciuch
32 GK   USA Jack Morris
33 GK   USA Matt Frank

Schedule

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Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Exhibition
August 21, 2021*
4:00 pm, Pac-12 Insider
No. 8 Cal State Bakersfield W 4–0 
Laird Q. Cagan Stadium
Stanford, CA
August 21, 2021*
7:00 pm, Pac-12 Insider
No. 8 Santa Clara T 0–0 
Laird Q. Cagan Stadium
Stanford, CA
Regular season
August 26, 2021*
5:05 pm, ESPN+
No. 8 at SMU L 1–3  0–1–0
Westcott Field (1,200)
Dallas, TX
September 2, 2021*
7:30 pm, WCC Network
No. 25 at Pacific W 4–0  1–1–0
Knoles Field (650)
Stockton, CA
September 6, 2021*
7:00, Pac-12 Los Angeles
No. 25 UC Santa Barbara W 2–1  2–1–0
Laird Q. Cagan Stadium (902)
Stanford, CA
September 11, 2021*
9:05 pm
No. 20 San Jose State T 0–0 2OT 2–1–1
Laird Q. Cagan Stadium (1,135)
Stanford, CA
September 16, 2021
7:00 pm, P12N
No. 23 at UCLA L 0–2  2–2–1
(0–1–0)
Wallis Annenberg Stadium (1,226)
Los Angeles, CA
September 19, 2021
3:00 pm, Aztec Digital Network
No. 23 at No. 21 San Diego State L 0–1 2OT 2–3–1
(0–2–0)
SDSU Sports Deck
San Diego, CA
September 23, 2021*
7:00 pm, Pac-12 Insider
UC Irvine W 2–0  3–3–1
Laird Q. Cagan Stadium (723)
Stanford, CA
September 27, 2021*
7:00 pm, Pac-12 Insider
Saint Mary's L 0–1 2OT 3–4–1
Laird Q. Cagan Stadium (429)
Stanford, CA
October 3, 2021
5:00 pm, P12N
California W 5–0  4–4–1
(1–2–0)
Laird Q. Cagan Stadium (1,246)
Stanford, CA
October 7, 2021
7:00 pm, P12N
No. 2 Washington L 1–3  4–5–1
(1–3–0)
Laird Q. Cagan Stadium (660)
Stanford, CA
October 10, 2021
2:00 pm, P12N
No. 15 Oregon State T 2–2 2OT 4–5–2
(1–3–1)
Laird Q. Cagan Stadium (827)
Stanford, CA
October 16, 2021*
3:00 pm, Pioneers All-Access
at Denver T 1–1 2OT 4–5–3
Denver Soccer Stadium (1,736)
Denver, CO
October 21, 2021
8:00 pm, P12N
San Diego State W 4–0  5–5–3
(2–3–1)
Laird Q. Cagan Stadium (621)
Stanford, CA
October 24, 2021
2:30 pm, P12N
No. 22 UCLA T 1–1  5–5–4
(2–3–2)
Laird Q. Cagan Stadium (1,204)
Stanford, CA
October 28, 2021
5:00 pm, P12N
at No. 3 Oregon State L 0–1  5–6–4
(2–4–2)
Paul Lorenz Field (549)
Corvallis, OR
October 31, 2021
2:00 pm, P12N
at No. 4 Washington T 0–0 2OT 5–6–5
(2–4–3)
Husky Soccer Stadium (1,490)
Seattle, WA
November 4, 2021*
7:00 pm
at San Francisco W 1–0  6–6–5
Negoesco Stadium (827)
San Francisco, CA
November 11, 2021
1:00 pm, P12N
at California T 1–1 2OT 6–6–6
(2–4–4)
Edwards Stadium (4,357)
Berkeley, CA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Western.

2022 MLS Super Draft

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Player Team Round Pick # Position
Ousseni Bouda San Jose Earthquakes 1 8 FW

Source:[3]

Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
United Soccer[4]8252023RVRVRVNot released
TopDrawer Soccer [5]77141314
College Soccer News8121116RVRVNot released

References

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  1. ^ "Pick of the Pac-12". Stanford University Athletics. Retrieved April 24, 2022.
  2. ^ "2021 Men's Soccer Roster". Stanford University Athletics. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
  3. ^ "Bouda Back in The Bay". Stanford University Athletics. Retrieved April 24, 2022.
  4. ^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. December 14, 2021. Retrieved April 24, 2022.
  5. ^ "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. December 13, 2021. Retrieved April 24, 2022.